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  1. Hospice

    to the OP if you were that pt. what would you want ??? Just curious, I got my BC in hospice/palliative care and that is where my focus is. However, I'm curious if you were the patient, what would you want.?
  2. Another thread on lateral harassment...

    Run, run fast run far. Of course there are always 2 sides to a story, however, in my experience, if there is lateral "harassment", someone is still behaving like a school kid and management/supervisor can not fix their issues. Most of the time these...
  3. Nursing School Selection Process???

    Don't give up. One of the hardest parts of nursing school is getting in. I took the entrance test 3 years in a row. Finally accepted when all of my scores were 89 and/or above that. All my prereqs were complete with the most recent 2 year GPA 4.0...
  4. "Breathable" air bed mattress pads?

    Our facility uses a couple different airmatresses. The prim-aire, we do put sheets and a cloth washable chux on them. The air overlays- our WOCN advised us to only use the "cloth-like" chux on them. These are different then the ones that tear with mi...
  5. How can I assist a nurse under stress?

    Definately humor!!! Laugh ALOT. Taking care of the caregiver.... helping with meal prep....clean up...do it together, and do it as a surprise. A good foot massage upon arrival at home...PRICELESS. A glass of wine to sip during the massage, icing ...
  6. Please,please give me some guidance here...

    that is great you want to become a nurse, there is definately a need for them. i too, as many of the people who post here, was an "older" parent wanting to make a better life for my family. it isn't easy. what helps is learning to communicate with ot...
  7. Obesity and shift work in hospital setting.

    #1) Sleep is so important. Sounds like your body is out of sync. Talk to your manager and see if you can't get consistent shifts. #2) Don't eat anytime/anything when ever you get a chance just because who knows when you'll get a chance to eat again. ...
  8. IV therapy or Acute Rehab?? Which would you choose

    If acute rehab is anything like the "subacute" rehab wing I work on, it is anything but boring. It may "look" better on a resume to be with IV therapy, but, you would get ALOT more experience on the rehab wing. I We start IV's there too, so if t...
  9. how come we as nurses are taught and do things differently?

    Can you tell me what book you found this in? I'm all about EBP, I graduated 2yrs ago and this is a great example of EBP. To me 30-45 degrees is almost "splitting hairs", but, if EBP shows better outcomes (shearing issues?), it is definately somethi...
  10. how come we as nurses are taught and do things differently?

    She may have said "common knowledge" because if one reads Perry&Potter 'Basic Nursing' 2003,Mosby Inc. pg 756 it reads "Elevate head of bed 30 to 45 degress. Also states "If volume (residual) is greater than 100ml on several consecutive occasion...
  11. Motherhood, Death and Nursing

    What a nice post. Death was scary for me as a new(old)nurse. Then, the power that is, placed me on a rehab/hospice wing, the last place I thought I would ever be. The first few hospice pts. overwhelmed me. Now, I feel priviledged to be a part of m...
  12. Am I crazy?

    I always appreciate family members, yes, they can be a pain in the _ _ _. But...I've also found if I can find them jobs, helping their family member, they feel useful, and tend to criticize less. At my facility, pre-op generally goes over much of t...
  13. New LPN Grad, Charge nurse and 60 pts.??? Help!

    PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!! i would love to see ANY of you, experienced or not, to give prilosec/synthroid (1/2-1hr before other meds) on 60 pts. what if even 2pts werent feeling well.... aides are busy with other toileting/fall risk pts?? bs's need to be...
  14. NO LUNCH??? NO BREAKS??? Is that common in nursing?????

    only been a nurse for 2yrs now, and can count on 1 hand how many lunches/breaks i have taken. 2 weeks ago a very seasoned nurse pointed out to me... "look around at the end of shift, see who is clocking out and gone..." i did... all the CNA's were ...
  15. What to do about pay?

    Well...it all "depends"... first, 22.72 is not being "overpaid" for a RN. you say you "argued", was it an argument, or were you advocating for a fair wage? with the down turn in the economy, yet, with the increase in basic living expenses, and the ...